What is new in Linux Gloria

Operating Systems

The Linux Mint is pedestal on Ubuntu and attempts to present you the entire that Ubuntu does and additional. With Linux Mint you determine to get an Ubuntu based system with a convention desktop, more than a few Linux Mint unambiguous configuration tools, a Linux Mint repository of supplementary software (as well as the capability to utilize the Ubuntu repositories), the addition of numerous non-free media codecs, hold up for DVD playback, and your most common browser plugins the entire pre-installed. What is new in Gloria.

The Linux Mint 7 “Gloria” is a most important release of the Linux Mint allocation, bringing numerous innovative changes and developments. With this release you be able to observe some important changes to the MintMenu, developments to MintInstall, MintUpdate, and MintUpload, as well as revolutionize to the overall look-and-feel of the allocation.

The biggest modification to the MintMenu is the development of the “filter” or search box. This accumulation permits you to filter your installed submissions as well as install innovative submissions be supposed to the filter not give you several results. Type, for illustration, Amarok into the filter box and the operating system determine to narrow your results based on what you have installed. You be supposed to Amarok not be installed the menu itself determine to permit you to verify the repositories for the submission and begin the install procedure.

This is a brilliant addition to Linux Mint, permitting you to speedily and easily position your submissions, verify the accessibility of submissions in the repositories, and ultimately install the submission in question be supposed to it not be on your computer. This approach of menu has served OpenSuse well in the past and Linux Mint has taken it one step additional adding supplementary functionality.

With MintInstall you be able to observe the addition of seamless screenshot downloads a superior GUI (Graphical User Interface), and finally the “Featured Applications” menu. You completely love the addition of the seamless screenshot downloads. Browse the obtainable submissions and, on the fly, get a close up come into view at the submission (at least visually) previous to performing the authentic install.

The MintInstall characteristic submissions next, the Linux Mint 7 improvement team has added the capability to browse a predefined record of ‘Featured Applications’. Selecting the ‘Featured Applications’ switch determine to give you a record of accepted submissions that you be able to install basically by selecting its radio switch. The GUI for MintUpdate has had an additional column added, Download Size. This column lists the estimated download size of the updates you are regarding to install. At the same time as this is not a huge characteristic it does demonstrate that the Linux Mint 7 improvement team is paying attention to what the Linux Mint community requirements, and is doing their most excellent to put into practice it.